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H. LEVY BABY BATTLE Filed May- 29, 1922 Men/Ry Levy INVENTOR By ZATTORNEY,

Patented Sept. 18, 1923.

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HENRY LEVY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEVT YORK.

BABY BATTLE.

Application filed May 29, 1922. Serial No. 564,306.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY LEVY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Baby Battles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to toys of the type commonly termed baby rattles.

The object of the invention is to provide a toy rattle which may becheaply produced of celluloid, hard rubber or other suitable durable andsanitary material, attractively colored, and which may be easilyoperated by a very small child.

The invention is illustratively' exemplitied in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rattle;and Figure 2 IS a substantially longitudinal sectional view through therattle. V

Referring to the drawing, 10 denotes a holder or handle comprising atapered hollow stem having its ends closed and provided with a ring 11'loosely mounted in the larger end. The smaller end of the holder 10projects loosely through a pair ot' eyes l2carricd at the opposite endsof a stirrup 13. The stirrup preferably comprises a single piece oftubing having its ends bent at right angles and carrying the pair oteyes 12 each 01'' which is composed oi? a strip of material bent backupon itself to form a loop and terminating in straight parallel endsadapted to be inserted into the bore at the opposite nds of the benttubing. The eyes 12 are secured against substantial movement along theholder 10 by fixed rings or hands 14- spaced slightly apart and atopposite sides of the eyes. Loosely mounted on the cross piece at thestirrup 13 is a hollow body member or shell 15, 01? any desired shapeand shown in this instance as cylindrical in form and adapted to containa number of weights or shot 16 for making a rattling noise when thedevice is shaken inthe usual manner.

In addition to the noise making feature above described the device isprovided with a pair of toothed wheels 17 fixed on the holder 10 andclosely adjacent the eyes 12. Engaged with the teeth of the wheels 17are a pair of reeds 18 carried by the parallel arms of the stirrup 13and composed of flat right angular pieces of flexible material. theshorter arms of which are supported in slots 19 cut through the walls ofthe stirrup and the longer arms of which project parallel to the arms ofthe stirrup and into engagement with the teeth of the wheels 17.

Following is a brief description of the operation of the device :-Bygrasping the holder 10 at the larger and and revolving the weightedshell 15 about the same the stirrup 13 will also revolve about theholder 10 andthe reeds 18 will scrape against the toothed wheels 17. Asa result of this action the reeds 18 will produce a rapid series ofsharp noises in addition to the rattle of'the shot within the shell 15.If it is not desirable to cause the scraping noise the device willproduce a rattling noise by simply shaking it in the usual mannerwithout revolving the shell about the handle.

What I claim:

1-. A rattle having a holder and a stirrup movable relatively thereto.said stirrup comprising a single piece of tubing having its ends bent atright-angles, a shell carried by the closed end of the stirrup eyesinserted in the bore of the ends of the tubing and adapted to looselyembrace the said holder, and means arried by' the holder and the stirrupto produce a rattling noise when the latter is revolved with respect tothe holder.

2. A rattle as claimed in claim 1, in which the said eyes are composedof strips of ma terial bent to form loops and straight parallel. ends tobe received by the bore of the tubing. substantially as described.

3. A. rattle as claimed in claim 1. in which said means includes a pairof toothed memhers carried by the holder and disposed closely adjacentsaid e ves. and angle pieces supported at one end in the parallel arm ofsaid stirrup and having the opposite ends in engagementwith the toothedmembers.

1. A rattle as claimed in claim 1. including relatively fixed memberssecured to said holder at opposite sides of said eyes to prevent axialmovement 01 the stirrup with respect to the holder.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

HENRY LEVY.

